In here you will find many things that may shock and amaze you. There are other things you may find that will knock your socks off. All in all I am sure you will get something out of this.

Damiana

Let me be the second member of WDC to congratulate you on your new status as grandmother.

CONGRATS!!

The fact that you want to give your life to Christ is amazing! Stay posative.

damiana, i believe that you may be able to retrieve the data yout self!

you have the new hard drive, do you still have the old one?

i have a very good friend, he is an electrician, - i know i'm in the uk -but, i'll email him and find out what he can offer you as help- many external, and internal h/drives for that matter are interchangeable- you can take tham out and replae them with bigger ones - they ahve fans in them that keep them cool- it is possible that the only thing that was affected was the fan! the hard drives are housed in a metal case and are relatively sound from drops and knocks. these case have two or three fixtures- a power fixture and then one or two scsi ribbons that allow data to be accessed. all you would have to do is take out the hard drive and install it in your new tower.

this is how they are made, very similar to a tower p.c. in their build!

the only think that would really be a problem would be water in the hardrive................was there water involved? you didnt say!


also, hard drives are basically just dvd rewrite discs that allow you to save and delete data at will.........again i cant see that the discs would have been compromised.

some years ago damiana, my son totally wrecked my mixer, £2000 worth of recording equiptment, i took it to the shop and they said throw it in the bin..........i got a replacement on the house insurance. i then went on line and found the part that was shafted and it cost £47 with post and packaging from the U.S. the point is this, they wont want to fix it when they can sell you another at your cost.......they are into making money not helping you out................

i'll put money on it that you can take the drive out and connect it to you p.c and then download everything from it...no problems



do you know whats broken on it?

is it the hard drive or the fan?

have they actually told you?

Good for you! A terabyte, huh? Never heard of that before. Sounds big.

Glad to hear things (sort of) worked out.

I see you're as bad as I am in updating your blog. LOL Anything new going on in your little corner of the world?

Blessings, kisses and love, my friend.

Shannon

Oh, this is such a drag! I know how you feel. I spilled coffee on my laptop a couple weeks ago and lost everything, to--all my graphics for my sig shop, all my cNotes, all my stories (thank the Lord I backed those up), family photos--everything. I feel your pain.

I was told by the girl at Circuit City that data can be recovered, but she never mentioned it would be "in the thousands of dollars." You would think if it was going to cost that much she would have said something. I chose not to pursue that avenue. I reloaded what I could and remade what I couldn't. It totally sucked--days of sitting here installing, downloading, etc., but I got 'er done.

I hope things work out for you, Lisa.

Not sure if you've done any searching for a recovery service yet, but I've heard that it can cost in the thousands of dollars...

hey lisa,
i sympathise, my eldest is a little s**t also (15)

my wife says he's pushing the bounderies!

i think i'm going to show him the movie kevin and perry and sit back and laugh at him- as he realises that the film is a parody of teenagers like 'him'

you should do the same.

one thing i've learnt is that if you react they take you to the cleaners.
be strong - ignor her- and send her to her dads for a spell- let her see what lifes like on the flip side.

go girl..........

enjoy your life

god bless you for being as patient as you have been- the worse scenario is that she could have been sent to juvi for her behaviour- keep up the ace work.
you know shes only jelous because you relationship broke down right? thats all it is.........

work on that -- sit her down and 'get over it and move on' you have- and for the better it seems- kids are sentimental and all the rest of it

kevin and perry--'youre so unfair'- 'youre so unkind' !

yeh right

later- be strong

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Lisa,

Boy, does this sound familiar! I went through this exact same shit with my oldest daughter, right down to removing her bedroom door. It sucks, it's hard, it's exhausting on every level that something can be exhausting ... but it will get better, I promise you.

My daughter lied, cheated, stole things, ran away, called me every name in the book (and I mean every name in the book), threw things, physically abused me and her siblings, was sexually promiscuous, used drugs, drank, and eventually landed herself in juvenile prison (not juvenile detention ... PRISON) on three separate osscaions and in several foster homes (at my request). Thank God I am the way I am, for little she did shook me. I was always calm and she knew from the start I wouldn't put up with much. When she would abuse me or her siblings I would call the cops. When she vandalized the neighborhood, I called the cops, if she ran from the cops and I knew where she was, I called the cops. I thought then and still believe now that I did the right thing, for isn't it my responsibility as a mother to teach my children that there are consequences for their actions?

Now she's 22, and she's completely turned her life around: she now has a child of her own, works full time, and busts her ass to support that baby (she's a single mom).

Things will get better, darlin'. I know that's not much consolation now, but hopefully it gives you a little hope. Be confident in the fact that you are a good mother, you are a good person, you are doing the best you can, and they will come around. Heck, my daughter and I have a great relationship now. She even named her son after me (we have the same middle name).

Blessings, kisses and love, my friend.

((((((Lisa))))))

They had a WDC convention?!? I hope they have another cuz I'm so there!

Blessings, kisses and love, my friend.